Life is normal again!

So today is my first day with technology again and I feel great!  Although it did take a lot of time to text all of my friends and catch up, I don't feel out of the loop anymore :)  Now that the experience is over I definitely feel like I have a stronger work ethic.  I will refrain from texting when I am doing school work because I do find that very distracting although I do love to!  I realized that if I am working on something easy having background noise actually makes me feel better without distracting me.  But, if I am working on a paper or reading I can focus much better in silence, even though it is awful to get started! 

The challenge did make me realize how much I depend on technology.  However, like many other people said, I think we have just adapted to the environment.  Our world is filled with hustle and bustle, in cities you can't have pure silence even if you want it.  So, radios, ipods, TVs, and cellphones are all adaptations we have become accustomed to fit in with out surroundings.  Personally, without a cellphone I can't keep in contact with any of my friends because I live so far away from them.  Even if I do want to go out and have a face to face interaction I need my cellphone to coordinate it!

Therefore, I will be using my technology again, the challenge didn't make me hate technology.  But it did make me appreciate it more and realize the most appropriate times to use technology!  I think I will encourage family members and friends to at least try to use technology as little as possible so they can come to appreciate it themselves.  I think you can read people's blogs from this challenge and think you understand the experience, but honestly I don't think you can fully grasp the concept of living without technology for a week without doing it yourself!  So cheers to everyone who has finished their week and good luck to those who have a little more time!